Dalton Strategic Partnership has added former head of equities at Investec Asset Management Nick Mottram to its global equities team.
A number of healthcare stocks highlight Charles Stanley's top stock picks for February - with GlaxoSmithKine, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Smith & Nephew all tipped to outperform.
Investors are selling out of high yield corporate bonds at the fastest rate in almost five years as nerves over sovereign debt creeps into other credit markets, the Financial Times reports.
The FTSE was up 40.81 points (0.84%) to 5,185.53, buoyed by news of a tie-up between British Airways and American Airlines.
Marlborough Fund Managers has renamed its Quantock UK Growth fund.
Axa Ethical Distribution fund manager Richard Marwood has added to financial stocks this month and offloaded almost all traditional gilts on concerns of inflation.
Emerging Markets manager sees recovery ahead for Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Peru
Fixed income managers prepare for sharp increases in UK interest rates over longer term, with move towards high-yield and floating-rate instruments
Fund managers generated record net inflows in 2009, driven by strong investor demand for emerging markets.
The world is moving past the high-watermark for abundant savings with fewer asset bubbles but with increases in risk premia, according to the latest Barclays Equity Gilt study.